Sr. Network Engineer (Cisco, Cloud & Network Automation)

Troweprice; Owings Mills (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

T. Rowe Price in Owings Mills, MD is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to lead design, deployment, and optimization of enterprise network infrastructure across on-prem and multi-cloud environments.

The role focuses on scalable LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, and secure cloud connectivity (AWS/Azure/GCP), automation with Terraform, Ansible, and Python, and mentorship of junior engineers. This is a hands-on leadership position with a strong emphasis on reliability and performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• 5+ years of relevant network engineering experience.
• Strong knowledge of LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, and hybrid-cloud networking.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, and hybrid-cloud networks.
• Define standards, reference architectures, and roadmaps for modernization.
• Implement cloud networking across AWS, Azure, and GCP with secure connectivity.
• Develop IaC with Terraform, Ansible, and Python and automate deployments.
• Mentor engineers and lead design reviews for reliability and performance.

Skills

5+ years of relevant experience

Mentoring

Network design & ops

Education

Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education and relevant experience

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Job description

At T. Rowe Price, we identify and actively invest in opportunities to help people thrive in an evolving world. As a premier global asset management organization with more than 85 years of experience, we provide investment solutions and a broad range of equity, fixed income, and multi-asset capabilities to individuals, advisors, institutions, and retirement plan sponsors. We take an active, independent approach to investing, offering our dynamic perspective and meaningful partnership so our clients can feel more confident.

We believe doing the right thing for our clients and our associates is good business . With a career at the firm, y ou can expect opportunities to create real impact at work and in your community. Y ou'll enjoy resources to support your career path, a s well as compensation , benefits , and flexibility to enrich your life. Here, you'll find a collaborative culture that respect s and valu e s differences and colleagues who share a spirit of generosity .

Join us for the opportunity to g row and make a difference in ways that matter to you .

Role Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Network Engineer to support the design, implementation, scalability, and reliability of our enterprise network infrastructure. This role will play a key part in network modernization initiatives, connecting colocation data centers with multi-cloud environments, and contributing deep technical expertise across network design, operations, and incident response.

The ideal candidate brings strong experience in enterprise networking, hybrid-cloud connectivity, automation, and performance optimization, along with the ability to mentor team members and promote best practices across the network engineering domain.

Resposibilitie s

Network Engineering & Design:

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable, resilient, and secure LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, and hybrid-cloud network solutions
• Contribute to network standards, reference architectures, and roadmaps that support business growth and technology modernization
• Evaluate and recommend network hardware, software, and service providers to improve performance, reliability, and scalability

Cloud & Hybrid Connectivity:

• Design, implement, and support cloud networking solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP
• Support and optimize hybrid connectivity using technologies such as AWS VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Azure VNet, and ExpressRoute
• Ensure seamless integration between on-premises environments and cloud platforms

Performance & Reliability:

• Support and enhance Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices for network operations
• Help define, monitor, and improve service-level objectives (SLOs) related to network availability, latency, and capacity
• Proactively identify performance bottlenecks and implement solutions to improve network resilience and efficiency

Automation & Infrastructure as Code:

• Contribute to network automation initiatives to reduce manual configuration and improve consistency
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and Python
• Partner with operations teams to standardize deployment, monitoring, and operational processes

Incident Escalation & Root Cause Analysis:

• Serve as a senior technical escalation point for complex network incidents
• Support critical incident response efforts, including troubleshooting, coordination, communication, and service restoration
• Conduct root cause analysis and contribute to post-incident reviews to prevent recurrence

Security & Compliance:

• Implement and maintain network security controls in partnership with Information Security teams
• Manage and audit firewalls, load balancers, segmentation policies, access controls, and Suricata firewall rules
• Ensure network designs and operational practices align with security, compliance, and risk management requirements

Technical Leadership & Collaboration:

• Mentor junior and mid-level network engineers
• Participate in peer design reviews and provide guidance on architecture, troubleshooting, and operational excellence
• Promote engineering best practices, documentation standards, and continuous improvement across the team

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
• 5+ years of relevant experience

Preferred:

• Expertise in core networking technologies and protocols, including:
• o BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, BFD
• o EVPN/VXLAN, IPSec, MAC-SEC
• o Zscaler, Zero-trust technologies
• Proven experience designing, implementing, and supporting hybrid-cloud networking across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP
• Solid experience with network automation and Infrastruc